President of BNY Mellon Karen Peetz spoke with AS/COA Online about increasing women’s board representation and the challenges facing women in top roles in business and finance. “We don’t have as many women in senior positions that people can look up to and aspire to,” she says.

Washington's top diplomat for the Americas talked to AS/COA Online's David Gacs about ways the United States is partnering with Latin America on the advancement and inclusion of women in political life, their part in countries' economic growth, and gender's role in anti-corruption efforts.

Watch a video of Assistant Secretary Jacobson's December 11 remarks at AS/COA. Read more about women's economic empowerment at www.as-coa.org/Women.

Durante un evento en AS/COA que reunió a un grupo importante de mujeres del hemisferio, la Primera Dama de México, Margarita Zavala, habló de la importancia de la inclusión de las mujeres a todos los niveles. El desarrollo social, económico y político no es posible si excluye  a las mujeres, dijo la Primera Dama.

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La Primera Dama mexicana habló sobre las reformas que son necesarias  para aumentar la equidad de género en la representación política. Se refirió también a la importancia de las redes de apoyo y los mentores para impulsar el avance las mujeres, así como de sus planes para continuar trabajando a favor del empoderamiento femenino, al término de su gestión como Primera Dama de México. Lea una transcripción de la entrevista.

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AS/COA hosted a panel focused on implications for economic development as part of its first annual full day workshop and networking event focused on women's economic empowerment and leadership throughout the hemisphere. Kristin Hetle, director of strategic partnerships at UN Women, moderated the panel, where speakers shared their personal stories and advice on how to take advantage of available economic resources.

Speakers:

• Noa Meyer, Global Program Director, 10,000 Women Program, Goldman Sachs Foundation
• Susan Silbermann, President & General Manager, Vaccines, Pfizer Inc.
• Moderator: Kristin Hetle, Director of Strategic Partnerships, UN Women

Read more at www.as-coa.org/Women.

As part of AS/COA's first annual full-day workshop and networking event focused on women's economic empowerment and leadership throughout the hemisphere, CNBC's anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera moderated a panel discussion on the woman entrepreneur.

Speakers:

• Michele V. Levy, CEO Melissa USA
• Susana Balbo, Founder, Dominio del Plata
• Gina Diez Barroso, President & CEO, Grupo Diarq
• Moderator: Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Anchor, CNBC

Read more at www.as-coa.org/Women.

In a video presentation at AS/COA's October 11 women's networking event, the leading Mexican business leader discussed the challenges female executives and businesswomen face in Mexico and shared some of her experiences and best practices.

Go to www.as-coa.org/Women for more information.

President and General Manager for Vaccines at Pfizer Susan Silbermann believes female economic empowerment is "so important for the world, specifically for the hemisphere. What's fascinating to see in Latin America in the last few years is how many people have come out of poverty because of economic growth, and in those millions of people there are millions and millions of women. The more we can do to empower them, to grow businesses, to become a part of businesses, to create economic wealth, the better the region will do and the better the entire hemisphere will do."

Silbermann participated in AS/COA's October 11 women's networking event in New York. 

See more interviews at www.as-coa.org/Women.

President & CEO of Grupo Diarq Gina Diez Barroso participated in AS/COA's October 11 women's networking event in New York, where she shared her ideas on the importance of female economic empowerment in Mexico: "I think that female empowerment has grown enormously and there have been a lot of changes, with many new female figures in different businesses, and I think it's going to continue to grow."

See more interviews at www.as-coa.org/Women.

As the Director of Strategic Partnerships for UN Women Kristin Hetle participated in AS/COA's October 11 women's networking event. In a short interview on the sidelines of the event, Hetle discussed the economic logic of full female participation in a country's economy.

See more interviews at www.as-coa.org/Women.

As part of it's 2012 Chile conference, AS/COA hosted a roundtable to discuss the path for female empowerment in emerging economies.

Speakers:

• Carolina Schmidt, Minister Director, National Service for Women of Chile   
• Susana Carey, President Supermercados de Chile A.G.
• Melissa Sanderson, Vice President Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold
• Susan Segal, President and CEO, AS/COA
• Panel Moderator: Mauricio Bustamante, Anchor, TVN

Go to www.as-coa.org/Chile2012 to read more about our 2012 Santiago conference.